President Trump said the war with Iran will be over "very soon" but made clear it will not happen this week. Why it matters: Ten days after the war started, Trump has begun for the first time to point to the possibility of it winding down soon. - His comments at a press conference were in line with several other public signals from him on Monday. - Some U.S. officials think Trump's comments were aimed at calming the stock markets in the U.S. and around the world, which were shaken by the war. The latest: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in response to Trump's comments that they "are the ones who will determine the end of the war," per state media. - The IRGC added that Tehran would not allow the export of "one litre…
President Donald Trump said on Monday he doesn't "know enough" about the strike on an Iranian elementary school that Iran says killed at least 168 people.
Expect no great man of letters to emerge from the bloodied fields of Iran. The post The End of the War-Hero Writer appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture The End of the War-Hero Writer Expect no great man of letters to emerge from the bloodied fields of Iran. Modern warfare does not a good movie make. Nor a good book, I suspect. Drones zipping about like flies and being chased by other drones and interceptors are not the same as John Wayne charging with his Marines onto the beach at Iwo Jima, not to mention Gary Cooper as Sergeant York picking off the Germans on the Western Front. Old-style warfare tended to get the creative juices flowing throughout history. Papa Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald became stars following the First World War, with their war-background books, as did…Open
Supporters of the assault on Iran were quick to smear critics as traitors. The post Wars Abroad Lead to Suppression at Home appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Wars Abroad Lead to Suppression at Home Supporters of the assault on Iran were quick to smear critics as traitors. President George Washington’s often-read but rarely heeded Farewell Address includes a passage that has remained perennially relevant in American life. Reflecting on the domestic costs of entangling alliances, Washington warned Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second [reinforce] the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the…Open
It’s not too late for a diplomatic resolution. The post Is an Off-Ramp With Iran Possible? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Is an Off-Ramp With Iran Possible? It’s not too late for a diplomatic resolution. (Wikimedia Commons) Militarily speaking, the United States has a lot to be proud of. The war in Iran, now over a week old, has blown up plenty of buildings, killed a whole crop of senior Iranian officials—most notably the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei—and destroyed a significant chunk of the Islamic Republic’s military capacity. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine have provided several updates at the Pentagon lauding the Trump administration’s brilliance, marveling…Open
